Locust Walk

Job Description: Experienced Analyst

Office: Boston, MA; [must have U.S. Citizenship or Green Card – U.S. only]

Overview
Locust Walk is a global investment bank that integrates corporate development strategy and execution with capital raising for innovative life science companies of all stages. We partner with founders, executives, and board members through all aspects of corporate development across company, asset, and deal lifecycles. Through our extensive market intelligence interfacing with investors, large pharma, biotechs, and academic leaders, we have a deep understanding of how science and data translates into actionable transactions and business strategy.

Why is this role potentially just right for you?
If you are looking to build your career with a fast-growing investment bank with significant upside potential in position, responsibility, and compensation, we’re looking for you. Analysts have a strong passion for life sciences (an academic focus or willingness to learn). You will have the opportunity to work with multiple clients simultaneously on both the strategy and execution of transaction assignments diversifying your experience and providing a dynamic environment.

A week in life for this role?
The focus for the Analyst is to play a key role in executing the Firm’s engagements. Our engagements range from executing strategic partnership deals, M&A transactions, capital raises and strategic consulting engagements. Our Analysts assist in identifying target partners, maintaining contact logs and board update materials, producing deal marketing materials, financial valuation and comparable transactions analysis, and deal modeling in support of negations. Analysts will receive significant responsibility and ownership over their work including multiple opportunities to present to both the firm and clients. Strategic commercial assessments in support of deals also require discussions with key opinion leaders, leading analysis of secondary sources, full P&L models, and production of full commercial decks. Business development activities are essential to furthering our growth. An Analyst will contribute to maintaining and updating databases in support of Locust Walk’s mission as well as preparing thought pieces and analytics for our marketing materials.

Our senior deal team is dedicated to the professional growth of our Analysts. Each engagement provides a new learning opportunity, and we aim to vary the team members assigned to new clients so that everyone has the chance to work with different colleagues while still gaining exposure to different transactions.

Prior positions of responsibility that might be good experience for this role?
Any of the below backgrounds might have generated the experience required to be successful in this role. However, this does not mean that if you haven’t worked for this type of team, you’re not qualified. Read between the lines, for intent and not literally:

• Business / Corporate Development at a biotech or pharmaceutical company
• Strategic Consulting
• R&D
• Finance
• Biology and/or STEM research

Qualifications:

• Professional and Academic Prowess. All our team members have different strengths that contribute to the success of our firm. The background for an Analyst position would ideally illustrate the following attributes:
• Passion for life science transactions: some relevant industry experience is preferred
• Successful track record working on transactions in the life science space: working directly or in a supportive role to close strategic transactions, M&A, and/or financings is helpful
• First-rate education: strong academic track record; working toward a degree in life sciences
• Interest in entrepreneurship and working with early stage companies
• 2-3 years of experience in a similar role

Skills:

• Basic understanding of financial modeling, including P&L, BS, cash flow statements, and DCF models
• Strong communication skills and comfort presenting in front of company management, Board, and speaking directly with physicians and other key opinion leaders
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills
• Either a proven track record of working with and managing teams or relevant leadership skills that demonstrate an ability to do so successfully

What is our culture?
We look for entrepreneurial, growth-oriented individuals who are committed to the success of others. We have a high-performance culture that rewards creative solutions to daily challenges, as well as a strong work ethic while enjoying the ride. Locust Walk offers a mindful work-life balance within the context of a transaction-focused professional services firm. While we have always connected in our physical locations, ate lunch together, and enjoyed other team activities, we have now created a hybrid environment of in-office and work-from-home flexibility. We are open and honest with each other and transparent in our dealings, including information about the health of the business.

A match with our values and culture is our highest priority
This person needs to live the Locust Walk values. Culture is very important to us; we’re looking for people who make a good fit. Listed below is an overview of our core values. Please consider whether these are a match with yours:

Commitment to the Success of Others

• Global team-based culture with individual accountability
• No team member is left behind: we are committed to succeeding together for the benefit of both our clients and the company

Open and Courageous Communication

• In the spirit of caring for each other’s success, we commit to being truthful and transparent in our communication and feedback, both to clients and inside the company, and we do so with empathy and success
• We commit to thoughtful and rigorous debate and feedback at all levels of the company
• The Locust Walk Leadership Team always strives to be as transparent as possible with the company

Growth Mindset

• We thrive on challenge and are life-long learners. We are not afraid of failure, yet see it as a springboard
• Honest bi-directional feedback is important for building trusted, productive relationships
• Feedback should be given as soon as possible after an event or situation occurs rather than waiting for the moment to pass

Entrepreneurial Spirit

• We are self-motivated to succeed and will do whatever it takes for our clients to succeed in an ethical manner
• We will always have a small firm ethos with an entrepreneurial mindset and minimized bureaucracy

Enjoy the Ride

• We care about and for our clients and each other
• We work hard and integrate fun into the core of what we do. We all have unique interests and find common ways of sharing that with each other
• Wins should be celebrated
• It’s about the journey, not the destination

How much could someone earn in this role?

Our firm has a multi-part compensation structure:

• We pay a competitive base with other transaction focused professional services firms
• Every person at Locust Walk will be eligible to earn a bonus based on exceptional individual and firm performance that encourages both accountability as well as teamwork and helping to grow the overall business
• We offer a great competitive Total Benefits package which includes health, dental, and vision, as well as other great competitive benefits
• We have a flexible vacation policy on top of 9 official company holidays
• We offer a 401k match
• Flexible work schedule (Tuesday through Thursday in office)

For more information:
Visit our website at www.locustwalk.com